6:56 - we went Japanese-voice-actors on this one just because. Gotta say Tina did her job well cuz I think she actually spoke actual words from Mameshiba shorts and the anime she watches, while I’m just there blurting out ‘Julian Casablancas’ and ‘Albert Hammond Jr’ in a Japanese accent.

May302014

Experimental Malaria Vaccine Blocks The Bad Guy's Exit

For the first time in decades, researchers trying to develop a vaccine for malaria have discovered a new target they can use to attack this deadly and common parasite.

Finding a target for attack is a far cry from having a vaccine. And the history of malaria vaccines is littered with hopeful ideas that didn’t pan out. Still, researchers in the field welcome this fresh approach.

Over the past four decades, researchers have developed about 100 potential vaccines for malaria. The best of the bunch is still only modestly successful in children, who are at greatest risk for the disease. The mosquito-borne parasite kills more than 600,000 children a year, mostly in Africa.

So Dr. Jonathan Kurtis, at the Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, decided it was time for a fresh start. He had developed a severe case of malaria while he was an undergraduate studying abroad in Kenya. And he learned just how devastating this disease can be, not only killing young children but causing hundreds of millions of cases of debilitating illness every year.

Kurtis and his colleagues started with samples of blood that had been methodically collected from children in Tanzania by Drs. Michal Fried and Patrick Duffy at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Kurtis’ team carefully examined those samples to find small but crucial differences between children who got infected but didn’t fall seriously ill and children who developed a severe case of the disease.

May202014

November272013

Someone Recorded Crickets then Slowed Down the Track, And It Sounds Like Humans Singing

Composer Jim Wilson has recorded the sound of crickets and then slowed down the recording, revealing something so amazing. The crickets sound like they are singing the most angelic chorus in perfect harmony. Though it sounds like human voices, everything you hear in the recording is the crickets themselves. [Read more]

November172013

She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellow’d to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens o’er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent!

June202013

I’m going to leave this track here, completely unmarked, and tag it with everything I can. If you like it, repost it, make a reaction. If you don’t, ignore it and move on with your life. I’ll tag it with a bunch of fandoms, so people can hear it.

April302013

April082013

More Dutch WiR… like usual! Here’s the scene after Vanellope turned into a princess.

Please note the girly Rancis! In the Dutch dub, Rancis (and the other two SR boys) are changed into girls but obviously only by name and, in Rancis’ case, by voice. I happen to know that Dutch isn’t the only language where this has happened but I still find it massively funny since I am so used to his English voice. Can you imagine how confused the little kids are when they find out that Rancis originally is a boy? XD